by Dan Kempner | Mar 31, 2019 | Features, Legacy Lampoon
Men, after ten years in this organization, this is my swan song. It’s over. I’m finished, out — donesville. This probably won’t even get into print – Ellis has no balls. Go ahead, Jim, I dare you to run it! And as for the publisher, LaBarge, where do I start?...
by Dan Kempner | Feb 24, 2019 | Causing Greatness, Features
Dan Kempner Columnist My dad taught himself to play the guitar so he would have something with which to sing along. He created a four-finger piano style just so he could write songs using a special musical notation invented, for him, by my mom … a notation that...
by Dan Kempner | Feb 1, 2019 | Features, Successful Communities
Dan Kempner Contributing Writer My family moved around a lot in my early years. No, I wasn’t an army brat. My dad was long out of the service by then. In the army he had written for Stars and Stripes, done radio shows on the base and just generally prepared for a...
by Dan Kempner | Dec 26, 2018 | Features, Successful Careers
Dan Kempner Contributing Writer Dan Kempner Contributing Writer Various self-help gurus, TV ads and a long list of inspirational speakers have said, “You must be willing to fail to succeed.” What’s more, they say it with a straight face. I took this advice to heart...
